Stand, gage, and holder for crayons and blowpipes.



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APPLIOATIOH TILED NOV. 11, 1901.

Iatented Sept 22, 1908.-

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UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

nrna J. BYRD Axn nrlzitnirrn M..\N1 -)Ensu.\',-o1 GHA'FIANOOGA, TENNESSEE.

' is'ranmeaen, AND HOLDER FGR Canyons AND BLowrmEs. 1

T 0 all-whom it may concern: I Be itknovm that we, MYRA J. BYRD and 'ELIZABETH .\I. ANDERSON, citizens of the United States, residing at Chat-tanoo a, in the county of Hamilton and State of Tennessee. have invented certain new and useful In'iprovements in Stands, Gages, and Helders for Crayons and Blowpipes. of which the following is a specification.

The primary object of thisinvention is the provision of a novel device to be used for marking ladies and misses skirts to insure a'uniform and even distance between the lower edge and the floor orlike surface, and at the same time to enable accurate marking for hems, tucks, bias folds, trimmings, etc. The construction of the device is such as to admit .of its use as a combined stand, holder and gage for various uses. v

For a full inderstanding of the in ve nt i on and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction and the means for effecting the result, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings.

\Yhile the invention may different forms and conditions by changes in the structure and minor details without departing from the spirit or essential features thereof, still the preferred embodiment is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:-

bined stand, gage and holder embodying the nvention. Fig. 21s a front view of the dehorizontal section on the line 3 -3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4'is a detail perspective View of the holder and slide. Fig. 5 is a detail perspectiveview of the clamp. 7

Corresponding and to in the'following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

. The device consists of a. base 1 and an upright 2, the latter being graduated in inches and fractional parts thereof and provided with holders and means for securing the The upslides 4 of the holders. operate. may embody one or more holders and adjunctive parts and is shown equipped with two slides and holders, each being the dupli cat'e of the other so that a detailed description of one suffices for a clear understanding be adapted to Fig. 3 is aof both. The slide 4 consists of a block or short bar having groores 5 in opposite edges to receive and embrace vertical edge portions Specification of Letters Patent. Ifa'tented Sept. 22, 1908. Application filed November 11, 19tl7. Serial m5. 401,721.

of the upright bordering upon the vertical 64 slot 3. A holder 6 is connected with the slide to move-therewith and is adapted to receive a crayon 7 or other device to be sup ported in an adjusted position. The holder 6- maybe, of any construction and is carried by a plate 8 which is connected to theslide and has its end portions extended beyond opposite vertical edges of the slide and bent towards the upright to engage flictionally therew th upon opposite sides of the slot 3 so as to hold the'slide in placeagainst dro ping until secured by the set screw 9. T e plate 8 is preferably resilient and normallv exerts a pressure upon thev upright 2 sufiicient to support the slide and parts attached thereto when he set screw or like securing means 9 is loose. .The clamp consists of a block 10 having'a notch in one side to receive a portion of the slide 4, said notch being a,

A pointer 12 threaded stem 9 and thumb nut may be one part and threaded into the slide 4 to thereby constitute a set screw, which is the mechanical equivalent thereof.

If it be required to mark ladies or mlsses or distance from the floor or like surface,- a cravon 7 is fitted in one of the holders and the slide thereof adjusted to the proper elevation, after which the device is placed upon the floor and moved about the skirt crayon 7 in contact with every portion of the skirt as the device is passed around the. same. Should it be. required to mark parallellines, the oneindicating the lower edge and the other the hem, tuck, bias fold, trimming,

etc, both holders are brought into dpla t 0 each being fitted with a crayon an holders adjusted to the desired points, after --skirt to secure an eve'n or uniform hang. like parts are referred- 'which may be, draped upon a form or worn upon the person, care being takento keep the base 1 upon the floor and to bring the .2 seazoa which the deviceis passed' around the skirt in'the ma1mer described.

q'fFroni the foregoing it;- will be understood that the device n'iay be advantageously used "for holding a blow pipe or other article restand and an indicating device to 1 receive the' article to be supported.

A blow pipe for instance may be fitted in the holder 6, thereby adapting the device for jewelers andsmiths use. i

Having thus described the invention, what is clainied as new is:

1. In a device of the character described, the combination of a slotted standard, a slide mounted within the slot, a spring plate carried by the slide and frictionally engaging the standard to hold the slide in position, and a holder carried by the said spring plate. 2. In a device'of the character described,

the combination of a standard provided with" a scale. a slide mounted upon the standard,

. a holdercarried by the slide, an independent clainpiing block applied to the slide and cooperating therewith to lock the same against nioven ent, and a pointer carried by the clamping block for cooperation with the scale.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination of a standard provided with a scale, a "slide mounted upon the standard,

aspring plate carried by the slide andfrictionally engaging the standard, a holder carried by the spring plate, a clamping block applied-to the slide and cooperating there- 'with: to lock the 'slide in position, "and a 3.

pointer upon the clamping block for 00- operation 'with the scale.'- I

4. In a device of the character described,

the combination of aislotted standard, a slide mounted within the slot, a spring plate carried by the slide and frictionallyengaging one side of the standard, a holder carried by the spring plate, and a clamping block applied to the slide and engaging the oppos1te side of the standard to hold the slide in 4 position.

5. In a device of the character set forth, the combination of a stand having an upright provided with a ertical slot, a slide adjiistable in said verticalslot and hating op- 5 posite edges grooved to receive edge portions of the upright bordering upon the slot, a clamp consisting of a block having a notch to receive a projecting side portion of the slide, and means for setting said clamp to 5 efiect a bindingof the upright to hold the slide in the adjusted position. 7

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

MYRA J. BYRD. It. s.] ELIZABETH M. mmmsox. [n 8.] \Yitnesses MAUDE BRADFORD, R BERT L. LEHMAN. 

